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2002 PART-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Southern Maine
School of Business

Sections:  Getting In  | Faculty/Academics | Next Step & Alumni Affairs


Address: 96 Falmouth Street
P O Box 9300
Portland , ME 04104-9300
E-Mail: mba@usm.maine.edu
Web site: http://www.usm.maine.edu/sb/mba/mba.html


ENROLLMENT

2002/2003 classes begin: Jan. 13, 2003
Sept. 2, 2003

Year part-time program was founded: 1964

Institution is: U.S., Public


Total graduate enrollment 153
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 135
Part-time MBA students (distance program) n/a
Full-time MBA students n/a
Executive MBA students n/a
PhD program students n/a
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 737
 
Change in part-time MBA class size in past 12 months 9%
 
Average number of months to complete part-time program 48
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete part-time program 72
 
Part-time program completion rate 53%
 
School offers a full-time MBA program? No

Possible for students to change status from part-time to full-time? Yes

  At what point?
n/a


STUDENT PROFILE

Female students in class 35%
International students (1) 11%
Underrepresented minority (2) students 0%
Married students n/a

(1) Students from countries other than the school's home country.

(2) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American.


CLASS TRAITS

GMAT Scores
Average 556
Range (middle 80%) 490 - 660

TOEFL Scores*
Average TOEFL score 597
Minimum TOEFL score required 550

Work Experience
Average (months) 76
Range (months - middle 80%) 3 - 123
New entrants with one year or less work experience 16%
Applicants with one year or less work experience n/a

Student Age (years)
Average 29
Range (middle 80%) 23 - 35

Salary
Average salary of entering students n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

* Paper based equivalent. See TOEFL concordance table for computer-based score equivalents.

Entering students employed in the following fields:
n/a


TOP CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
n/a

ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $50
Application fee (non resident): $50

54 people applied to the part-time MBA program in 2002. The school accepted 83% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 82% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

The B-school placed 0 applicant(s) on its wait list, from which n/a ultimately enrolled in the semester for which they applied.

Interviews for applicants are:
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In 2002, the B-school interviewed n/a of its part-time MBA applicants, and n/a of its admitted applicants.


INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of part-time MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident $12,500
Nonresident $32,288

Application Process
Does the part-time program offer rolling admissions? Yes

Deadline(s) to schedule an interview: n/a

Application deadlines (for the next class to be admitted): Dec. 1, 2002
Aug. 1, 2003



FINANCIAL AID

Deadline(s) to apply:   n/a
Part-time MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer   n/a
Part-time MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   n/a
Part-time MBAs who received financial aid through the B-school   n/a

Average financial aid package n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

Scholarships are merit or need based?
n/a

Number of full-tuition scholarships awarded by school to part-time MBAs during the past 12 months n/a
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to its part-time MBAs? (1) n/a
  Maximum amount students can borrow n/a
Average outstanding loan for 2002 graduates n/a

Financial aid Web site:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~fin/


(1) Upon admission, any accepted applicant, regardless of nationality, and without the need of a cosigner, is eligible for a loan


CONTACTS

Dean Jack Trifts
Hired as of July 1, 2002
 
MBA program director John J. Voyer
 
MBA admissions director Alice B. Cash
 
MBA financial aid director Keith Dubois
 
MBA career services director Lawrence Bliss
 
Alumni relations director Michael Donahue


 
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